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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: baobab - barbadian</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="baobab"> baobab, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a tall tropical tree of Africa, India, and Australia, with a very thick trunk and an edible, oblong, gourdlike, woolly fruit (monkey bread). The strong fibers of its bark are used especially for making rope, paper, and cloth. The baobab tree belongs to the bombax family. </DL> <A NAME="bap"> bap, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Scottish.) a roll or small loaf of bread of various shapes. </DL> <A NAME="bap"> Bap. or Bapt.,<DL COMPACT><DD> Baptist. </DL> <A NAME="baptisia"> baptisia, noun. =wild indigo.</DL> <A NAME="baptism"> baptism, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the act of dipping a person into water or sprinkling water on him, as a sign of the washing away of sin and of admission into the Christian church. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) any experience that tests a person or initiates him into a new kind of life. Ex. Iraq, Thailand, and Austria had their TV baptisms (Newsweek). </DL> <A NAME="baptismal"> baptismal, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with baptism; used in baptism. Ex. a baptismal ceremony. adv. baptismally. </DL> <A NAME="baptismalname"> baptismal name,<DL COMPACT><DD> the personal or given name; Christian name. </DL> <A NAME="baptismoffire"> baptism of fire,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the first time that a soldier is exposed to enemy fire. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) any severe trial or test; ordeal. Ex. The traffic policeman's first day of work was a baptism of fire. <DD> 3. the grace of baptism; baptism by gift of the Holy Ghost (in the Bible, Matthew 3:11). <DD> 4. martyrdom. </DL> <A NAME="baptist"> Baptist, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a member of a Christian church that believes in baptizing by dipping the whole person into water. Baptists belong to the Protestant denominations which assert that baptism can be administered only upon a personal profession of Christian faith (thus not to infants). <DD> 2. Often, baptist. a person who baptizes. <DD>adj. of or having to do with the Baptists. expr. the Baptist, John the Baptist (in the Bible, Matthew 3:1). </DL> <A NAME="baptistery"> baptistery, noun, pl. -teries.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a place where baptism is performed. A baptistery may be a part of a church or a separate building. <DD> 2. a tank in Baptist churches for immersing those being baptized. </DL> <A NAME="baptistry"> baptistry, noun, pl. -tries. =baptistery.</DL> <A NAME="baptize"> baptize, verb, -tized, -tizing.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t. 1. to dip (a person) into water or sprinkle with water, as a sign of the washing away of sin and of admission into the Christian church. Ex. The minister baptized the child in church on Sunday. <DD> 2. to give a first name to (a person) at baptism; christen. Ex. The baby was baptized William. <DD> 3. (Figurative.) to give a name to; name. Ex. The space capsules were each baptized by their own crews. <DD> 4. to purify; cleanse. Ex. Sorrow had baptized her (Oliver Wendell Holmes). <DD> 5. (Figurative.) to introduce or initiate. Ex. The flights of Glenn and Gargarin baptized the world into the age of man in space. <DD>v.i. to administer baptism. noun baptizer. </DL> <A NAME="bapu"> bapu, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (in India) father. Ex. Mahatma Gandhi ... [was] one of the few men Nehru ever listened to. He came to call Gandhi Bapu (Newsweek). </DL> <A NAME="bar"> bar (1), noun, verb, barred, barring, preposition.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. an evenly shaped piece of some solid, longer than it is wide or thick. Ex. There is a bar of soap on the sink. I ate a chocolate bar at lunch. <DD> 2. a pole or rod put across a door, gate, window, or across any opening, to fasten or shut off something. Ex. Let down the pasture bars for the cows to come in. The windows of the prison have iron bars. <DD> 3a. (Figurative.) anything that blocks the way or prevents progress. Ex. His bad temper was a bar to making friends. (SYN) barrier, obstacle, obstruction. <DD> b. a long ridge of sand or gravel, especially one lying across the mouth of a river or harbor, which obstructs navigation; sand bar. Ex. A bar of sand kept boats out of the harbor. <DD> 4. a band of color; stripe. Ex. There is a dark bar of clouds across the setting sun. (SYN) strip. <DD> 5. (Music.) <DD> a. a unit of rhythm. The regular accent falls on the first note of each bar. <DD> b. the dividing line between two such units on a musical staff. A bar marks off measures. <DD> c. =double bar. <DD> 6a. a counter where drinks, usually alcoholic, and sometimes food, are served to customers. Ex. a cocktail bar. We stood at a snack bar and had a soda. <DD> b. a building or room containing such a counter, especially a barroom or tavern. Ex. The men walked into the bar. <DD> 7. a counter at which certain goods are sold. Ex. a gift bar, a record bar. <DD> 8a. the profession of a lawyer. Ex. After college, he decided to enter the bar. He left the bar for a career in teaching. <DD> b. the whole group of practicing lawyers. Ex. Judges are chosen from the bar. <DD> 9a. a court of law. Ex. to try a case at the bar. (SYN) tribunal. <DD> b. the place where a prisoner stands in a court of law. Ex. The convicted thief stood at the bar to be sentenced by the judge. <DD> 10. the railing around the place where lawyers sit in a law court. <DD> 11. (Figurative.) anything like a court of law; any place of judgment. Ex. The bar of public opinion condemns dishonest people. (SYN) tribunal. <DD> 12. an ingot of precious metal. Ex. bars of gold. <DD> 13. (in lacemaking) a connecting thread; bride. <DD> 14. (Law.) <DD> a. a plea or objection sufficient to stop or defeat an action or claim. <DD> b. the stopping of an action or claim. <DD> 15. (Heraldry.) an ordinary formed by two parallel lines drawn horizontally across the shield and including not more than a fifth of its surface. <DD> 16. See bars. <DD>v.t. 1. to put bars across; fasten or shut off with a bar. Ex. He bars the doors every night. <DD> 2. to block; obstruct. Ex. Fallen trees bar the road. <DD> 3. to keep out; exclude or forbid. Ex. Dogs are barred from that store. All talking is barred in the library. Father barred our use of the car tonight. (SYN) prohibit. <DD> 4. to mark with stripes or bands of color. Ex. Some hawks have barred feathers. <DD> 5. to shut up or confine by or as if by bars. Ex. The writer barred himself in his study. <DD>prep. except; excluding. Ex. He is the best student, bar none. expr. admit to the bar, (U.S.) to give authority to practice law. Ex. After passing his law examinations, he was admitted to the bar. <DD> Also, (British,) call to the bar. </DL> <A NAME="bar"> bar (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a mosquito net. </DL> <A NAME="bar"> bar (3), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Physics.) the unit of pressure equivalent to 1 million dynes per square centimeter in the centimeter-gram-second system. </DL> <A NAME="bar"> bar.,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1a. barometer. <DD> b. barometric. <DD> 2. barrel. </DL> <A NAME="bar"> Bar.,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. barrister. <DD> 2. Baruch. </DL> <A NAME="bar"> BAR (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> Browning Automatic Rifle. </DL> <A NAME="barabbas"> Barabbas, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the prisoner whose release the people demanded when Pilate offered to free Jesus (in the Bible, Matthew 27:16-21; Mark 15:6-11; Luke 23:18-25; John 18:39-40). </DL> <A NAME="barad"> barad, noun. =microbar.</DL> <A NAME="baraka"> baraka, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a quality of divine power in Moslem belief, bestowed upon a person or thing. Ex. Baraka ... makes it lucky just to kiss his garments and gives him special title to spiritual (as well as temporal) leadership of his people (Time). </DL> <A NAME="barandgrill"> bar-and-grill, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) an establishment where both alcoholic drinks and grilled meats and other foods are served. </DL> <A NAME="barasingha"> barasingha, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any of several species of East Indian deer. </DL> <A NAME="barathea"> barathea, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a fine-textured cloth composed of silk and wool. Also, barrathea. </DL> <A NAME="barb"> barb (1), noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a point sticking out and curving backward from the main point of an arrow or fishhook. Ex. The barb of the hook stuck in my finger. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) something that wounds or stings. Ex. the stinging barb of sarcasm. <DD> 3. (Zoology.) <DD> a. one of the hairlike branches on the shaft of a bird's feather. <DD> b. a projection on the tip of a quill of some porcupines. <DD> 4. a long, thin growth hanging from the mouth; barbel. Ex. the barbs of a catfish. <DD> 5. (Botany.) a hair terminating in a hook or hooks. <DD> 6. part of a medieval woman's headdress, still often worn by nuns, consisting of a piece of white linen passed over or under the chin. <DD> 7. a woman's lace neckband or scarf. <DD> 8. (Obsolete.) the beard of a man. <DD>v.t. to furnish with barbs. Ex. to barb a hook. (Figurative.) In anger he barbed his reply. adj. barbless. </DL> <A NAME="barb"> barb (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a kind of horse that has great speed, endurance, and gentleness. It was introduced into Spain from the Barbary States by the Moors. <DD> 2. any bird of a breed of domestic pigeons allied to the carrier pigeons, having a short, broad beak. </DL> <A NAME="barbadian"> Barbadian, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. of or having to do with the island country of Barbados. <DD>noun a native or inhabitant of Barbados. </DL> <A HREF="barbados.dic">NEXT</A>